Opener Lab
Compare FRESH
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How FRESH performs
Played first, FRESH removes about 93.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.76 bits of information. Roughly 31% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.
Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, FRESH left an average of 164 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 12, 2026, when the answer was CLACK and 410 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | FRESH |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0.04% |
| At least one green | 31.4% |
| Any green or yellow | 82.6% |
| Whole row gray | 17.4% |
| Worst case answers left | 410 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.